Washing-machine



(Mode1.)

L. H. GANFIEL-D.

WASHING MACHINE.

I No.. 426,861. Patented Apr. 15. 1890.

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UNITED ST ATES PATENT OFFICE.

. LUTHERII. OANFIELD, OF HULL, IOVA.

WASHING- MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,861, dated April 15, 1890.

Application filed December 12, 1889. Serial No. 333,472. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LUTHER H. CANFIELD, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Hull, in the county of Sioux and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in. the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in washing-machines; and it consists in the construction and combination of the parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims, whereby the frame, when constructed as shown, not only serves as a pivotal support for the washing-machine, but also sustains a board or plank upon which is mounted a wringer, so that when said board or plank is raised to a vertical position the Washing-machine may be rocked and when lowered rocking is prevented, said washingmachine having a central opening through which the clothes are passed, the wringer being located directly above said opening.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective View, and Fig. 2 a section.

A and A refer to vertical standards or posts, which are secured to each other by a suitable base-frame. The post or standard A has a projecting portion located to one side of the center, to which is pivotally secured a board B, to which a clothes-wringer of ordinary construction is adapted to be clamped. The standards A A are both provided with recesses a, in which pins projecting from the sides of the washing-machine body lie.

The washing-machine O is provided on one .side with an operating-handle D, which extends upwardly above the top of the same for rocking the body. The bottom of the wash-- ing-machine is circular andmay have a zinc bottom, above which lie transverse strips 6 e, which are secured to the side piece E. The top boards E are slightly inclined, and are provided with depending angular pieces a,

which are secured thereto and to the transverse pieces F F, which extend across the top of the washing-machine and depend therefrom, said boards converging slightly, as shown. To the inner edges of these transverse pieces F are secured strips ff, which prevent the upward movement of the hinged cover or door G, said door being held in place to close the opening by means of a turn-button g.

The standard A, to which the wringer-support B is pivoted, lies to one side of the center, and when lowered engages with the upwardlyprojecting pinsz win one of the side pieces E, so that when the wringer-support is lowered it will lie between these pins and and hold the washing-maehine immovable. To assist in accomplishing this result, the standard A may be provided with a hook, which may engage with a loop or staple secured to the side piece E.

When it is desired to use the device as a washing-machine, the wringer-supporting bar is thrown to a vertical position and the clothes placed within the washing-machine, which is rocked by the handle D until the clothes have been sufliciently agitated and cleansed. After the clothes have been sufficiently washed the button g is turned, and by grasping the handles on one of the covers the cover can be removed. The wringer-supporting bar B is then lowered, and the clothes as they are removed from the wash-tub can be wrung, and the water expelled from the clothes will fall into the tub. The top boards E may be utilized as a table or support for the clothes after being wrung.

'It will be observed that by the construction of the top hereinbefore described a tight 3' oint is provided, which will prevent the egress of water when the machine is operated.

Each side portion of the body between the boards F F has secured thereto-a strip 00, the upper edge of which is shaped to conform to the hinged form of the cover.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In combination with the standards A A, serving as a support for a washing-machine having a central opening, one of said standards being extended and provided with a pivoted wringer-support, said wringer support being adapted to engage with pins in the upper edge of the Washer, so as to hold said Washer against rocking, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

5 2. The combination, ina washing-machine constructed substantially as shown and pivotally mounted'on supports, of an operatinghandle D, converging transverse boards F F, forming an opening, strips f fon the inner 0 sides of said boards, strips on, and a door made up of two sections centrally hinged to each other on their under sides adjacent to their inner edges, so that said door in an arched form maybe adjusted in the opening to bear against the under side of the strips ff, and 15 a pivoted button g, for bearingupon the central portion of the door, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof Iaflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LUTHER H. CANFIELD. Witnesses:

JOHN W. STILL, JAMES S. WILSON. 

